Monday, 28 January 2013

The Humanitarian Affairs Unit of the non-governmental organisation Future
Worlds Center (leg. reg. as Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute) is
pleased to announce that it has been selected for the fourth time by the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT) to support the work of
the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) for the year 2013.
URVT was created by the Future Worlds Center in June 2006 with funding from the
European Refugee Fund and the Republic of Cyprus.

The aim of URVT is to provide rehabilitation services to victims of torture
and trafficking, and to assist them to integrate into the Cypriot society. For
this purpose, the Unit provides such persons and their families with
psychological, legal, and social support. The services offered include social
support related to housing, entry into the labour market, access to education,
social benefits, and healthcare, while the legal assistance is offered in
relation to people's asylum application procedures. Psychological support is
offered in collaboration with psychologists specialising on the rehabilitation
of torture victims.

The offices of the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture are
located in Nicosia and are open daily from 9.00 am to 5 pm. For any information
please contact us by phone at +357 22873820, by fax at +35722873821, or by
email at danae@futureworldscenter.org

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Why and How we ought to Re-Invent Democracy through Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD)7-9 May 2013Modern democracies in Europe and around the Globe are currently under serious stress and discussion in a very wide spectrum of contexts as the financial crisis has highlighted the powerlessness of national governments in dealing with global economic and political players. In these exceptionally turbulent years, characterized by sovereign debt crises and week political leadership in the developed world, as well as dramatic changes in the Middle East and North Africa, a momentum is emerging for citizens’ knowledge and participation. SDD training workshops are being offered for the purpose of building capacity internationally for addressing highly complex civic problems through the use of the science of dialogue. This workshop is for individuals interested in learning more about the science of Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) and those who are actively searching to contribute with their voices in participative democracy. The workshop will include theoretical foundations and practical applications for learning and applying the Science of Dialogue. Participants will learn:
➡ The management of complexity in designing social systems.
➡ The axioms and the principles of the Science of Dialogue.
➡ The authentic, effective, and efficient engagement of stakeholders in designing desirable futures.
➡ The importance of systemic thinking in the resolution of local and global problematiques.
➡ The use of the Cogniscope Software in collectively discovering the root causes of wicked problems and determining effective priorities for action.
➡ The application of the Co-Laboratory of Democracy on how to resolve complex problems in the trainees’ organizational settings.For more information click on the link belowhttp://sddtraining2013.wikispaces.com/home* Registrations should be completed and submitted by February 15, 2013. Applications for scholarship should be submitted for evaluations by the instructors by January 31, 2013.